Ogun Majority Leader Delivers A Public Lecture "Are youths the leaders of tomorrow or today?"
Published May 25, 2018.
Ogun State Majority Leader's Desk
Abeokuta.
Nigeria needs fresh leadership to solve persistent problems, says Hon. Asiwaju Yinka Mafe, Ogun State house of assembly Majority Leader, as he argues for youth to be given leadership opportunity.
The youths are the leaders of tomorrow, they say. This saying I have known since infancy and I have been wondering if that’s true in its real sense.
It might be true of course but I found my mind to be more comfortable with saying it the other way round, the youths are the leaders of today. However it may be, whether the leaders of today or tomorrow, all that matters is the desire for difference from yesterday.
The time has come for us to mark the eve of the long-awaited tomorrow for the youths to realize their position of leadership in the society. Different generations have come and passed but upon the present lies a greater expectation.
Having been born and raised in Ogun State, Sagamu precisely, I have indeed witnessed the series of leadership my country experienced. It has the highest population in Africa, with a high wealth of natural resources, yet it is swallowed by the forces of anarchy.
The prevalence of poor leadership not just in Nigeria but in the whole of Africa makes the continent backward in terms of development. Poverty has spreads its branches to corners, corruption is deeply rooted, the notions of peace are becoming tales, rights violations have become nothing, freedoms are being threatened, lives are wasted, families destroyed, people dance to the tune of illiteracy, and other problems too numerous to mention. All are the result of bad leadership.
In Nigeria, we have witnessed a series of military administrations for many of our years of independence. This has left the spirit of the same military existing within our present democracy, with the same authoritarian practices of disregarding law and procedure in operation.
You’ve got to give youthful men and women authority and responsibility if you’re going to build up an organization. Otherwise you’ll always be the boss yourself and you won’t leave anything behind you.”
I believe the call is now! Let the youths be allowed to participate at all level of policy and decision-making for a great and healthy democracy, and as well to save the future of our establishments.
In conclusion, we need a vibrant, dogged, outspoken, amiable, indefatigable, articulate youth like AYM to represent the people of Remo federal constituency. Support AYM for Rep in 2019 general elections.
Still on the matter... #MafeLafeLabuja2019!
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